Posted: 12:04 PM - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has expressed his "closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for "those who lost young children." Read More

Posted: 05/20/13 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed publicly. Read More

Updated: 05/20/13 - ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) - So far the winner hasn't come forward to claim the highest Powerball jackpot in history. Read More

Posted: 05/17/13 - JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AP) - An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. Read More

Posted: 05/17/13 - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bond has been set at more than $10 million for the second of two brothers facing attempted second-degree murder charges in the Mother's Day shooting spree that broke out during a neighborhood parade in new Orleans. Read More

Updated: 05/15/13 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder removed himself from a decision to subpoena phone records of The Associated Press. Read More

Updated: 05/15/13 - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries. Read More

Updated: 05/15/13 - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia doctor accused of performing illegal, late-term abortions in a filthy clinic has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies born alive but acquitted in the death of a fourth baby. Read More

Updated: 05/15/13 - NEW YORK (AP) - The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. Read More

Posted: 05/10/13 - NEW YORK (AP) - The sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of an astonishing $45 million in mere hours has sent ripples through the security world. Read More